A Systematic Review of Eligibility and Outcomes in Tinnitus Trials: Reassessment of Tinnitus Guideline

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 24-32

  Plein, Colleen T ^a   Harounian, Jonathan ^a   Floyd, Elizabeth ^a   Irizarry, Rachel ^a   Ferzli, George ^a   Kidwai, Sarah ^b   Rosenfeld, Richard M ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical practice guideline; external validity; outcome measures; systematic review; tinnitus

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TINNITUS; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84954144810     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599815608160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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